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Statechains

extension.statechains

Statechains transfer control of pre-funded outputs between participants with minimal on-chain activity. Their trust and liveness assumptions differ from Lightning and covenant trees.

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Curated resources (3)

• Covenants.info Use Case: Statechains (article) Statechain model and limitations.
• Bitcoin Optech Topic: Statechains (article) Recent protocol work and critiques.
• BTC Transcripts: statechains (article) Operational concerns and security assumptions.

Direct prerequisites (2)

• Multisig Wallets
• Segregated Witness (SegWit)

Direct dependents (1)

• Spark Protocol

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